"lah" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /lɑ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lah.wav [Southern-England] Forms: lahs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑ Etymology: An anglicised spelling of la. Etymology templates: {{m|en|la}} la Head templates: {{en-noun}} lah (plural lahs)
  1. (music) Alternative spelling of la Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: la Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-lah-en-noun-BiA459~P Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle [English]

IPA: /lɑː˨/, /lɑː˧˨/, /lah˨/, [lä˨], /lɑː˦˨/, /lɑː˨/, /lɑː˧˨/, /lɑː˧/, /lɑː˦/, /lɑ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lah.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɑ Etymology: From Malay lah, Cantonese 啦 (laa1) or Hokkien 啦 (--la). Doublet of la. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ms|lah}} Malay lah, {{der|en|yue|-}} Cantonese, {{zh-l|啦|tr=laa1}} 啦 (laa1), {{der|en|nan-hbl|-}} Hokkien, {{zh-l|啦|tr=--la}} 啦 (--la), {{doublet|en|la}} Doublet of la Head templates: {{head|en|particle|head=|sort=}} lah, {{en-particle}} lah
  1. Placed at the end of a sentence to accentuate the mood or attitude of the speaker. Tags: Manglish, Singlish
    Sense id: en-lah-en-particle-JimT~L5f
  2. Placed at the end of a sentence to convey reassurance or solidarity. Tags: Manglish, Singlish
    Sense id: en-lah-en-particle-QUWiIPWj
  3. Asserts that something is clear or straightforward. Tags: Manglish, Singlish
    Sense id: en-lah-en-particle-8eEFZjMQ
  4. Used to tone down an imperative sentence. Tags: Manglish, Singlish
    Sense id: en-lah-en-particle-MxJpsd-U
  5. Reinforces an assertion. Tags: Manglish, Singlish
    Sense id: en-lah-en-particle-RIRRi8Ia
  6. (rarer) Follows each item in a list of examples. Tags: Manglish, Singlish, rare
    Sense id: en-lah-en-particle-Ax7O5VCH
  7. (in fixed expressions) Used sarcastically when stating the obvious. Tags: Manglish, Singlish
    Sense id: en-lah-en-particle-Ua5LfARS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant alt parameters, English particles, Manglish, Singlish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 18 17 16 3 11 8 25 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 5 19 17 15 4 9 8 24 Disambiguation of English particles: 3 17 15 15 4 9 8 29 Disambiguation of Manglish: 11 15 14 8 5 4 11 31 Disambiguation of Singlish: 15 13 12 6 10 7 9 28 Related terms (Singlish particles): ah, hor, know, leh, liao, lor, mah, meh, one, sia, what Disambiguation of 'Singlish particles': 19 19 15 5 10 10 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle [Malay]

IPA: /lah/
Etymology templates: {{m|ms|-kah}} -kah Head templates: {{head|ms|particle}} lah
  1. (informal) Final particle indicating an imperative, reassurance or emphasis. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-lah-ms-particle-kiH5OcKo Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay particles

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /lɑːx/ Forms: lāh [canonical], lāhe [plural], lāhe [singular, weak], lāhere [comparative], lāhest [superlative]
Etymology: From Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|non|lágr}} Old Norse lágr, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*lēgaz}} Proto-Germanic *lēgaz Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|plural and weak singular|lāhe|comparative|lāhere|superlative|lāhest|head=lāh}} lāh (plural and weak singular lāhe, comparative lāhere, superlative lāhest), {{enm-adj|lāhe|lāhere|lāhest|head=lāh}} lāh (plural and weak singular lāhe, comparative lāhere, superlative lāhest)
  1. low Related terms: aloue
    Sense id: en-lah-enm-adj-bB~wnbOn Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Synonyms: laȝ, laȝgh, laghe, lawe, law, louȝ, lou, loȝ, logh, lough, low, lowe, loue

Symbol [Translingual]

Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol|||or||or||or||cat2=|f1lang=en|f1nolink=|f2lang=en|f2nolink=|f3lang=en|f3nolink=|f4lang=en|f4nolink=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|sc=Latn|sort=}} lah, {{mul-symbol}} lah
  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lahnda.

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for lah meaning in All languages combined (12.1kB)

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          "text": "Hurry up, lah! ― Impatience",
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          "ref": "1978, Leong Choon Cheong, Youth in the Army, Singapore: Federal Publications, →OCLC, page 75",
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          "ref": "2010, Haresh Sharma, Those Who Can't, Teach, Epigram Books, Act I, scene ii",
          "text": "He teach them how to cook lah, learn computer lah... […]",
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        "(rarer) Follows each item in a list of examples."
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          "word": "ah"
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          "_dis1": "19 19 15 5 10 10 24",
          "sense": "Singlish particles",
          "word": "hor"
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          "_dis1": "19 19 15 5 10 10 24",
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          "word": "know"
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      "ipa": "/lɑː˨/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/lɑː˧˨/"
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      "ipa": "/lah˨/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lä˨]"
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    {
      "ipa": "/lɑː˦˨/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑː˨/"
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          "english": "I'm here.",
          "text": "Saya ada di sini lah.",
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        {
          "english": "You are so stupid!",
          "text": "Kau ni bodoh betul lah!",
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        {
          "english": "Shut up!",
          "text": "Diam lah!",
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        {
          "english": "Go there!",
          "text": "Pergi sana lah!",
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        "(informal) Final particle indicating an imperative, reassurance or emphasis."
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse lágr",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lēgaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lēgaz",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lāh",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāhe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāhe",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāhere",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāhest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "plural and weak singular",
        "4": "lāhe",
        "5": "comparative",
        "6": "lāhere",
        "7": "superlative",
        "8": "lāhest",
        "head": "lāh"
      },
      "expansion": "lāh (plural and weak singular lāhe, comparative lāhere, superlative lāhest)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lāhe",
        "2": "lāhere",
        "3": "lāhest",
        "head": "lāh"
      },
      "expansion": "lāh (plural and weak singular lāhe, comparative lāhere, superlative lāhest)",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "low"
      ],
      "id": "en-lah-enm-adj-bB~wnbOn",
      "links": [
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "aloue"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "laȝ"
        },
        {
          "word": "laȝgh"
        },
        {
          "word": "laghe"
        },
        {
          "word": "lawe"
        },
        {
          "word": "law"
        },
        {
          "word": "louȝ"
        },
        {
          "word": "lou"
        },
        {
          "word": "loȝ"
        },
        {
          "word": "logh"
        },
        {
          "word": "lough"
        },
        {
          "word": "low"
        },
        {
          "word": "lowe"
        },
        {
          "word": "loue"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑːx/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lah"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with redundant alt parameters",
    "English nouns",
    "English particles",
    "English terms derived from Cantonese",
    "English terms derived from Hokkien",
    "English terms derived from Malay",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Manglish",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑ/1 syllable",
    "Singlish"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "la",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An anglicised spelling of la.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lahs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lah (plural lahs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "la"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of la"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "la",
          "la#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Alternative spelling of la"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lah.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lah.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lah.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lah"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with redundant alt parameters",
    "English particles",
    "English terms derived from Cantonese",
    "English terms derived from Hokkien",
    "English terms derived from Malay",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Manglish",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑ/1 syllable",
    "Singlish"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "lah"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay lah",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yue",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "啦",
        "tr": "laa1"
      },
      "expansion": "啦 (laa1)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nan-hbl",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "啦",
        "tr": "--la"
      },
      "expansion": "啦 (--la)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of la",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Malay lah, Cantonese 啦 (laa1) or Hokkien 啦 (--la). Doublet of la.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "particle",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lah",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lah",
      "name": "en-particle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "particle",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "ah"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "hor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "know"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "leh"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "liao"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "lor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "mah"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "meh"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "one"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "sia"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Singlish particles",
      "word": "what"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don’t do it lah, it’s not worth it. ― Disapproval",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Hurry up, lah! ― Impatience",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1978, Leong Choon Cheong, Youth in the Army, Singapore: Federal Publications, →OCLC, page 75",
          "text": "Don’t know lah […] this is very hard to say.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Placed at the end of a sentence to accentuate the mood or attitude of the speaker."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mood",
          "mood#English"
        ],
        [
          "attitude",
          "attitude#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Manglish",
        "Singlish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You won’t drown one lah. The water is very shallow.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Alfian Sa'at, Corridor, Singapore: SNP Editions, →OCLC, page 15",
          "text": "Don’t worry lah. We’ll meet the deadline.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Placed at the end of a sentence to convey reassurance or solidarity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reassurance",
          "reassurance#English"
        ],
        [
          "solidarity",
          "solidarity#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Manglish",
        "Singlish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Go and ask if they can help you lah!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "They’re not wrong lah...",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Asserts that something is clear or straightforward."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clear",
          "clear#English"
        ],
        [
          "straightforward",
          "straightforward#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Manglish",
        "Singlish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to tone down an imperative sentence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tone down",
          "tone down#English"
        ],
        [
          "imperative",
          "imperative#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Manglish",
        "Singlish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "These shoes are too small lah.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Reinforces an assertion."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "assertion",
          "assertion#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Manglish",
        "Singlish"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Haresh Sharma, Those Who Can't, Teach, Epigram Books, Act I, scene ii",
          "text": "He teach them how to cook lah, learn computer lah... […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Follows each item in a list of examples."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rarer) Follows each item in a list of examples."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Manglish",
        "Singlish",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "No lah, no lah. ― Sarcastic reply",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used sarcastically when stating the obvious."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sarcastically",
          "sarcastically#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in fixed expressions) Used sarcastically when stating the obvious."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in fixed expressions"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Manglish",
        "Singlish"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/lɑː˨/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑː˧˨/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lah˨/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[lä˨]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑː˦˨/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑː˨/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑː˧˨/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑː˧/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑː˦/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lah.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lah.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lah.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Manglish#Lah",
    "Singlish#Lah"
  ],
  "word": "lah"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lah",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: lah",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yue",
            "2": "啦"
          },
          "expansion": "啦 (laa¹)",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or directly from Cantonese 啦 (laa¹)"
          },
          "expansion": "(or directly from Cantonese 啦 (laa¹))",
          "name": "i"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: lah (or directly from Cantonese 啦 (laa¹))"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "-kah"
      },
      "expansion": "-kah",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "lah",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay 1-syllable words",
        "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
        "Malay informal terms",
        "Malay lemmas",
        "Malay particles",
        "Malay terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Malay terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I'm here.",
          "text": "Saya ada di sini lah.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You are so stupid!",
          "text": "Kau ni bodoh betul lah!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Shut up!",
          "text": "Diam lah!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Go there!",
          "text": "Pergi sana lah!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Final particle indicating an imperative, reassurance or emphasis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "imperative",
          "imperative"
        ],
        [
          "reassurance",
          "reassurance"
        ],
        [
          "emphasis",
          "emphasis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Final particle indicating an imperative, reassurance or emphasis."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lah/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lah"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "low"
          },
          "expansion": "English: low",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: low"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "laich"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: laich",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: laich"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "lágr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse lágr",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lēgaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lēgaz",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lāh",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāhe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāhe",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāhere",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāhest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "plural and weak singular",
        "4": "lāhe",
        "5": "comparative",
        "6": "lāhere",
        "7": "superlative",
        "8": "lāhest",
        "head": "lāh"
      },
      "expansion": "lāh (plural and weak singular lāhe, comparative lāhere, superlative lāhest)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lāhe",
        "2": "lāhere",
        "3": "lāhest",
        "head": "lāh"
      },
      "expansion": "lāh (plural and weak singular lāhe, comparative lāhere, superlative lāhest)",
      "name": "enm-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "aloue"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English adjectives",
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English terms borrowed from Old Norse",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "low"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "low",
          "low"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑːx/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "laȝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "laȝgh"
    },
    {
      "word": "laghe"
    },
    {
      "word": "lawe"
    },
    {
      "word": "law"
    },
    {
      "word": "louȝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "lou"
    },
    {
      "word": "loȝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "logh"
    },
    {
      "word": "lough"
    },
    {
      "word": "low"
    },
    {
      "word": "lowe"
    },
    {
      "word": "loue"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lah"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "10": "",
        "2": "symbol",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1lang": "en",
        "f1nolink": "",
        "f2lang": "en",
        "f2nolink": "",
        "f3lang": "en",
        "f3nolink": "",
        "f4lang": "en",
        "f4nolink": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "sc": "Latn",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lah",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "lah",
      "name": "mul-symbol"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ISO 639-2",
        "ISO 639-3",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual symbols",
        "Translingual terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lahnda."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "language code",
          "language code"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "international standards",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Lahnda."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lah"
}

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